Shaving brush



y 1942- J. s. HAWKINS V 2,284,207

SHAVING BRUS 3' Filed Dec. 1, 1941 Uhvern'or J. 5 Hawkifi Patented May 26, 1942 a John Smith Hawkins, North Bay, Ontario,

Canada r j Application December 1; 1941; Serial No. 421,089 4 Claims. (01. 15 -137) My invention relates. to improvements in shaving brushes and particularly concerns a.brush having a hollow handle or body portion providing a container for holding a supply of shaving cream which is dispensed as required through the bristles and thereby obviates having to deposit cream on the brush from a separate container on each occasion of use.

An object of the invention is to providean effi- I cient and serviceable dispensing mechanism bywhich a quantity of cream sufficient for a shave will be dispensed by depression 'of a plunger so as to discharge it through an orifice into the bristles.

A further object of the invention is to producea diaphragmatic plunger mechanism which can be operated a numberof times'without having to make adjustment for the displacedshaving material.

A still further object is to produce a diaphragmformingv a wall portion of the. compartment in which the shaving material is confined and which can be advanced by an adjusting mechanism from time to time as required to take up' the space left by the discharged material.

A still further aim of the invention is to furnish a practical and inexpensive brush of the class above referred tohaving salient features of construction and specifically comprehending a cylindrical body fitted with a screw plug having a central opening containing a plunger for acting on an inner diaphragm.- The diaphragm is a rubber disc clamped by a ring and adapted tohave its central portion bulged inwardly by depression of the plunger whereby only a small amount of shaving material is expelled with each operation. The. diaphragm has a free radial flange and the plunger is guided by a loose member axially spaced by a spring.

The drawing illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the brush depicting the operating mechanism in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the operating mechanism but showing it in depressed position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plunger end of the brush.

Like numerals of reference denote similar parts in each figure of the drawing.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a elongated body havingits head portion 6, from which the bristles 1 extend, closed with.the exception of a central aperture 8 constituting a discharge orifice from which the shaving material is .expelled into a passage centrally of the' bristles'. -i The hollow body 5 provides a compartment for holding a supply of the shaving material hereinafter referred to for convenience as cream. The head portion 6. is preferably detachable such as by a screw connection denoted at 9, and the bristles are mounted in approved manner.

' I: The body 5 is open at its other end. [0 and in- .jternally screw threaded, as at H; substantially "initially disposed at the end It;

throughout its length to provide a screw connectionwith a plug l2 externally threaded and The plug is furnished with a device by which it may be turned by hand .to advance it into the bore of the body and. to withdraw it therefrom, which device desirably consists, of a semi-circular key [3, diametrically disposed across the outer face of the plug with its ends pivoted thereto .asat 14 to permit it to-be swung to one side when not in use so as not to interfere with the plunger hereinafter detailed.

' The plug has a substantial axial opening therethrough denoted at I5, which is reduced annularly at its outer end tosupplya shoulder l6 normally engaged by a head I! of the plungerJB. The

plunger is co-axially disposed in the opening l5 and is of a circular cross section considerably smaller in diameter than the opening and terminated abruptly in a pusher. end I!) flush with the inner face of the plug; The head portion of the plunger is rounded outwardly in the form of a segment of a sphere and the pusher end I9 of the plunger is slightly enlarged to provide an annular shoulder 20. The head portion of the plunger is of a diameter to slide freely in the opening I5 and thus supports the outer part of the plunger loosely therein. The pusher end of the plunger is likewisesupported by means of a looseguide ring 2| slidably fitted thereon and normally held in engagement with the shoulder 20 by means of a helical compression spring 22 seated against the head 11. The guide ring is a slide fit in the opening [5 and has an inwardly curved face 23.

According to this construction the plunger together with its guide ring is free to reciprocate; within the plug and may be urged inwardly by finger pressure.

At the inner end of the plug is a rubber diaphragm 24 comprising two disc members 25 and brush having a cylindrical handle 5 providing an 25 S g y p d One in advance of the other of the discmember 25 abuts the pusher end [9 of the plunger and is marginally clamped against the inner end of the plug by a rigid retaining ring 28 secured by fastening elements 29; the other disc member, 26, is marginally free, but provides asealing juncture withthe bore of the body 5.

In the use of'the brush, the plug provides a closure by which? thediaphragm can be screwed up against theoream by means of the key I3;

which is swung to 1 one side of the plug when not in use so as to clear the head of the plunger. 7 r

i threadedly engaged in the bore, means for tum- :ingthe plug, a resilient diaphragm carried by To discharge cream through the orifice 8 into the bristles it is merely necessary to lightly a resilient diaphragm transversely arranged in the chamber at theinner end of the plug, said diaphragm being composed of a pair of disc members centrally united, one of the disc members being marginally attached to the plug and the other being free'to form a sealing, juncture with the bore of the chambenand a plunger carried by the plug for inwardly bulging the diaphragm.

1 2. In abrush having bristles, 'a' handle having a chamber withra screw-threaded bore provided with a dispensing passage for the bristles, a plug depress the protruding headll of thev-plungerg theinner end- 0f the plug, and aplunger for which flexes the diaphragm causing the central portionto bulge inwardly of the compartment r and in this manner to expel creamfi: When the pressure on the head of the plungeris removed,

number of :times it hasbenlactuatedbefore l icha'nge of position: ofmthe plug; is fefiected: and the -amount of 'cream' discharged :for each shave. to In-lightly'depressing the plungertheguidering i; 2|. moves as a unit withi it," butzinf depressing the plunger to a? greater :degree such? that the curved face 23 of the guideiringis. brought into engagement? with the bulging aportion of: the

' diaphragm, theradvancel movement of this ring 7 inwardly urging the diaphragm.

3. A brush in accordance with claim 2 and in whichthe' plunger has a head centrally of the r plug and a semi-circular device for turning the plugy'said' device being diametrically arranged -a;cros's thersaid head 1 and pivoted. to: the plug 5 handle;:ha'vin i a cylindrical bore screw threaded "and closed atone-end'with the'exception of an "orifice: forming a communication with 3 bristles, the other end beingopen land' receptive to a screw plug, a' screw 'plug'. =threaded1y tengaged i therein'iand having a; substantial 'airial opening therethrough annularly reduced at'its'outer end to form a"shoulder, 'aznibber diaphragm disposed across the inner endroflrlthe screw/plug, a retaining ring clamping the marginal portion of is arrested with'athe'resultxthatifurther move i thediaphragm toxthefscrewplug a plunger of ment of the plunger: compresses the spring. 22, the tension of which in conjunction with: that of the diaphragmireturns' the 'plunger as:.the per-. sonusing it releases "his pressureon the 'head 7 h .40 'agiiideiring locsely' encircling the inneI end of II. This constructionassures ofi-zfacile regu-l 'lation and-readycontrol.2 Theiplugican be ad- I vanced'to 'new positionsjfofl adjustment as re- Iquired at intervals in theyconsumption of the --J cream, stored in the handle When 'the'i--s'up'ply V the plunger havingi 'anienlargement formlng a head :slidably ifittedii in the plunger-"opening and re'tainediagainst outwardiidislodgment' by the *jshoulderithereof, afi helical compression spring ;encircling :theII plungerfi with oneand seated against the headilthereof and: the' fother seated :q-Ilagainstthe guidefring; and akey carried by the is depleted, it can easily be replenished. Various changes and modifications may be resorted to ascoming'within'the spiritand scope of the invention 1 as; defined in the appended claims.

'WhatIclaim is: a

1..In a brushhaving bristles; a; body liaving a cylindrical chamber iwith a' dispe'nsing orifice leading-into theibr istles 'andkopen at an end, a plug adjustable axially in thechamber -thereof,

a .circular cross section fidi'sposedii'axially in the plunger opening'withtits'inner endabutting the 'centralportion of the cdiaphragmland having an annular enlargement constituting a s'houlder,

the plungert and engagedf with"the" shoulder thereof, the lguide ringLbeing 'aflslide fit in the "plungereopening' and:having a curved face enigageable. with the" diaphragm; the outer end of Screw plug forsturningpurpcsesi V Y ao m sMrr rrnwxms. 

